Anson Street African Burial Ground (Q125662496)

  • matcher place: Charleston (relation 194119), South Carolina (relation 224040), Charleston County (relation 1857000)
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  • English Wikipedia categories: African-American cemeteries in South Carolina, History of Charleston, South Carolina, History of slavery in South Carolina, Memorial parks, Slavery in the British Empire, Slavery memorials, Slavery memorials in the United States, South Carolina building and structure stubs, United States cemetery stubs
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Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Anson Street African Burial Ground is a recently rediscovered historic cemetery and archeological site where enslaved people of African descent were buried in 18th-century Charleston, South Carolina, United States. The burial ground was in use from approximately 1760 to 1790. The graves were uncovered during the 2013 excavation of a trench for the construction of the Galliard Auditorium. Initial impressions were that the bodies had been buried in four closely aligned rows, oriented east to west, all lying near the corner of Anson Street and George Street. Grave goods included British coins, one of which was found in the eye socket of a skull. The remains of a wooden coffin and buttons from what was possibly a boy's coat were also unearthed.

Wikidata location: 32.7863, -79.9315 view on OSM or edit on OSM

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African-American cemeteries in South Carolina landuse=cemetery, amenity=grave_yard
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Slavery memorials historic=monument, tourism, memorial=statue, memorial:type=statue, historic=memorial
Slavery memorials in the United States historic=monument, tourism, memorial=statue, memorial:type=statue, historic=memorial